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The current administration’s recent crackdown on H-1B visas as well as the lengthy waiting lists for EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based visas has forced many Indians to find an alternative green card to allow them to live the American Dream and work in the United States. A large number of Indian students and workers are now relying on EB-5 to obtain their green card. Below are some of the advantages of EB-5 as compared to H-1B.

2016 Visa Comparison:

USCIS received 236,000 H-1B petitions in 2016 for the FY 2017 H-1B quota cap. As there are only a total of 85,000 available H-1B visas annually (65,000 regular cap + 20,000 masters cap), the chances of being selected in the H-1B visa lottery in 2016 was around 36%.

USCIS received over 14,147 EB-5 petitions in 2016. A total of 7,632 were approved and 1,735 were denied, while the remaining petitions are still pending adjudication. Therefore, USCIS approved 82% of all EB-5 petitions which were adjudicated in 2016.

H-1B Disadvantages:

Requires a U.S. Employer to Sponsor an Applicant

Annual Visa Lottery Required because of Cap (Limit) of Available Visas

If Applicant isn’t Selected in H-1B Visa Lottery, They Must Reapply in Following Year

H-1B Visa Valid For Only Three (3) Years with One 3-Year Renewal Possible For a Total Of Six (6) Years.

Family Members Require Their Own Separate Visas (H-4) Which Entail More Costs

H-1B Spouses Are Rarely Allowed to Work on H-4 Visas

Location and Life Dictated by U.S. Employer

In 2017, USCIS has Pursued Policies Which Are Intended To Make The H-1B Application Process More Difficult

USCIS Has Issued Significant Numbers of Requests for Evidence Challenging Whether the Position Offered to Foreign Workers is Sufficiently Specialized and Whether the Wage Level is High Enough

Indian investors are pursing EB-5 immigrant investor visas in greater numbers than ever before. The EB-5 immigrant visa allows qualifying investors to receive green cards, based on an investment of US$500,000 in the U.S. that creates at least 10 new jobs. The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) statistics show that Indian investors and their families received 149 EB-5 visas in 2016, double the 76 visas issued in 2012, and nearly 30 times the 5 visas issued in 2005.

This recent increase in Indian EB-5 investors has its roots in the lengthy waiting lists for EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based visas for Indian-born professionals, as well as large and growing numbers of Indian college students in the U.S. At present, Indian-born applicants face a 9-year wait for the EB-2 advanced degree category, and an 11-year wait for the EB-3 skilled worker category, according to the Oct. 2017 DOS Visa Bulletin. Additionally, the Trump administration’s focus on reforming the H-1B program for specialty occupation workers has reduced the appetite of U.S. companies for new H-1B visas. These two factors have reduced the opportunities for traditional routes used by Indian professionals and students for obtaining green card status in the U.S.

As of 2017, India is the country of origin for more overseas students in the U.S. than any nation except China. The number of Indian-born students in the U.S. has also grown rapidly, increasing over fivefold from 33,818 in 1997 to 165,918 in 2015. These facts, combined with the attractiveness of U.S. college study to Indian students and their families, have driven Indian citizens to look to other immigrant visa categories for waiting list relief and predictability, including the EB-5 visa.

The EB-5 visa presents several benefits for Indian citizens over other green card categories. The EB-5 visa does not require employer sponsorship, does not have a waiting list for Indian-born applicants, the qualifying EB-5 investment does not require day-to-day management, and is not tied to any specific employer. Although the EB-5 visa is a relatively new concept in India, the investment immigration industry has been steadily spreading awareness throughout the country with increased marketing efforts. Moreover, with India’s GDP expected to grow 7.2 percent in 2017, the Indian market is primed for future immigration and investment. Coupled with India’s strong history of immigration to the U.S., this combination of economic growth and visa demand is prompting an increase of Indian awareness and interest in the EB-5 visa program.

You were probably unaware of the EB-5 visa program. Here is why it is the best choice to study abroad in the US.

Most Indians seeking a future in the US pursue the well-known F1 and H1-B visa programs. However, a lesser known program, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, has recently caught the attention of many Indians. Through the EB-5 program, an immigrant may invest USD 500,000 in a new US business, and upon verification that the capital has been legally sourced and the business has created at least 10 full-time jobs, the investor will secure green cards for them self and their family (spouse and children under 21).

Here are some benefits from the EB-5 Visa program specific to international students:
1. Rapid adjudication time

While the EB-2 and EB-3 visas include frustratingly long waiting times (up to 12 years), the EB-5 program enjoys rapid adjudication times and high individual approval rates (approximately 90 per cent and above). An EB-5 applicant can receive their conditional green card within 19-24 months, allowing them the freedom to access unrestricted career and educational opportunities.

2. Employment opportunities

The job search is extremely difficult, and these challenges are amplified for non-green card holders. After graduation, an international student on the F-1 visa has three months to find a job and register themselves with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If an individual has not secured employment within the allotted three months, then he or she must leave the country.

The requirement that international students pursue employment opportunities in their field of study limits their options and further increases competition. Furthermore, very few companies are willing to sponsor the H-1B visa. During the application process, employers will often filter applications that require sponsorship and eliminate these candidates at the initial stages. With the EB-5 visa, students applying for jobs post-graduation are treated as US residents and do not face any of these difficulties, thus allowing them to pursue the career of their dreams.

3. Higher acceptance rate

There are currently over one million international students at American universities, and the competition for acceptance is more cutthroat than ever. Being a US resident increases your school or university acceptance rates considerably, allowing for greater choice as to where you would like to begin your education.

Whereas 9 per cent of domestic applicants are accepted to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an infinitesimal 0.03 per cent of international students gain admission. With a green card via the EB-5 Visa programme, investors and their family are deemed as US resident applicants when applying to American colleges and universities, thereby eliminating these restrictions.

4. Merit-based benefits and lower tuition costs

EB-5 green card holders may qualify for merit-based benefits reserved only for US citizens and decreased in-state tuition rates at American universities. Additionally, EB-5 investors may be eligible for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and other financial aid services, which would not otherwise be available to them.

Washington, D.C., September 25, 2017 – The EB-5 Regional Center Program, approved by Congress in 1993 as a temporary program to stimulate economic growth and create jobs, is turning 25 years old in 2018. As the EB-5 Regional Center Program reaches maturity, U.S. elected officials, legal advisors and investors throughout the world are aware of the contrasting narratives surrounding its remarkable trajectory.

The EB-5 Regional Center Program offers both an extraordinary tool for creating jobs, transforming communities and offering access to visas to deserving investors with economic capital, and a platform for risk-prone investments tied to complex visa processes. In the last two decades, the EB-5 Regional Center program has seen thousands of visa applicants – primarily from China – who have completed the full cycle of investment, from conditional green card status, to job creation, and then removal of conditions with return of their investment capital. Some investors can point with pride to the fact that their capital was used to help build landmark projects in major American cities while creating thousands of jobs for U.S. workers. At the same time, the EB-5 Regional Center Program has experienced projects that have failed, or been mismanaged, or were simply paper-thin schemes to enrich promoters at the expense of investors.

Legislators in Congress and industry leaders throughout the U.S. have been negotiating for approximately two years on changes to the EB-5 Regional Center Program. To some, these negotiations have yielded little more than a series of improvised short-term extensions of the EB-5 Regional Center Program. Yet, the negotiations themselves have brought about a fundamental awareness that EB-5 Regional Center Program has been tremendously successful as a tool for investment and job creation. The challenges for the future, therefore, concern reaching agreement on how best to direct investment of EB-5 capital to communities throughout the U.S.; how to decrease the potential for project failures and mismanagement, and how to reduce visa waiting lists to reasonable levels for Chinese EB-5 applicants.

As discrete negotiations among elected officials continue, observers do expect a legislative solution, but few are predicting when the U.S. Congress will resolve the challenges. Recent events are indicative efforts by legislators and U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to continue seeking solutions. First, the U.S. federal government has postponed issuance of new EB-5 regulations by USCIS until April 2018. The proposed new regulations were originally released to the public in January 2017, and public comments were accepted until April 11, 2017. Second, the EB-5 Regional Center Program was extended until December 8, 2017 without changes, after it was set to expire on September 30, 2017. Most observers believe that these two actions give legislators needed time to reach agreement on changes to the EB-5 Regional Center Program.

Most proposed new EB-5 legislation and the proposed USCIS regulations for the EB-5 Regional Center Program will increase the minimum investment amount from its current $500,000 for Targeted Employment Areas (TEA’s) and $1,000,000 for non-TEA’s. One recent EB-5 reform bill was released in late July 2017 by Congressman Fitzpatrick (R-PA). The Fitzpatrick EB-5 bill proposed to continue the EB-5 Regional Center Program, but increase TEA investments to $800,000 and increase the investment threshold to $1.2 million for all other investments. This solution is similar to two proposed laws presented in April 2017. The first, by Sen. Cornyn (R-TX), would raise TEA investments to $800,000 and non-TEA’s to $925,000. The second, by Sen. Grassley (R-IA), would raise TEA investments to $800,0000 and maintain non-TEA’s unchanged at $1,000,000.

In contrast to these proposed bills, on August 2, 2017, Senator David Perdue (R-GA) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a proposed bill to entirely revamp the U.S. system for granting lawful permanent residence (i.e., a “green card”) and, in the process, eliminate the EB-5 Program and all other Employment Based immigration categories. The Perdue-Cotton bill, known as “Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act,” or “RAISE Act”, would create a points system for granting green cards, while simultaneously reducing the total number of green cards issued each year. The RAISE Act seeks to create a long list factors that would allot points to applicants. Points would be granted to applicants for factors such as: knowledge of the English language, completion of university education, achievements showing extraordinary ability, or making an investment in the U.S. For example, a RAISE Act applicant would be granted 6 points for investments of at least $1.35 million, and 12 points for investments of at least $1.8 million. Such an investment must last at least 3 years, and the applicant must play an active management role in a new commercial enterprise. Despite making an investment under the RAISE Act, an applicant is not assured of having sufficient points to qualify for a green card.

In a context of uncertainty about the EB-5 Regional Center Program, EB-5 investors remain interested in pursuing EB-5 Regional Center investments, with a preference for projects with fewer immigration risks, either because of the quality of the project or because the project has received an I-924 exemplar approval from USCIS.

Regional Center operators are making cautious plans for slowing EB-5 demand from mainland China and increased EB-5 demand from India. Regional Center operators are also doing internal house-keeping by studying in detail the redeployment guidance from USCIS in the EB-5 Policy Manual, and gearing up to submit the I-924A Annual Certification. Form I-924A must be filed by USCIS-approved regional centers between October 1, 2017 and December 29, 2017 – with a new filing fee of $3,035.

Both EB-5 investors and Regional Center operators are welcoming two recent positive news from the USCIS. First, the October 2017 Visa Bulletin shows a one-week jump for the Mainland China EB-5 category Final Action Date, which is now at June 22, 2014. Second, we have seen a recent uptick in USCIS issuance of decisions on I-829 petitions. By June 2017, average USCIS processing time for I-829 petitions exceeded 24 months. Recent USCIS statements to stakeholders had promised a shift in personnel at the Investor Program Office to address the daunting backlog of I-829 petitions. That promise appears to be bearing fruit. A new wave of investors is getting the good news that they have been waiting years to receive.

September 5, 2017 – The EB-5 immigrant investor regional center program may wait until April 2018 before it sees final rulemaking changes, according to an updated rulemaking timetable published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In January 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its proposed amendments to Immigrant Investor EB-5 regulations, including raising minimum investment amounts and changing designations for Targeted Employment Areas. The period for public comment ended on 04/11/2017, and the OMB has updated its rulemaking schedule to anticipate a final action by April 2018.

The EB-5 Regional Center program has been the subject of legislative discussion in recent months, and Congress must affirmatively extend the program on or before 09/30/2017 or it will expire. The DHS schedule of April 2018 may be intended to give Congress more time to determine the legislative treatment of the EB-5 Regional Center program.

September 8, 2017 – The House of Representatives (lower chamber of Congress) and the Senate (upper chamber of Congress) have approved new legislation which includes a three-month continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government until December 8, 2017. The continuing resolution also extends, without changes, four immigration programs until December 8, 2017: the EB-5 Regional Center program, the Religious Worker program, the Conrad 30 program for foreign doctors working in rural areas, and the E-Verify programs for verification of the immigration status of foreign workers. The new expiry date of the EB-5 Regional Center program is December 8, 2017.

The new legislation also addresses includes urgently needed $7.4 billion in funding for disaster relief and reconstruction for the areas of Texas impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Finally, the new legislation includes an increase in the debt ceiling and funding for the continuing operations of the U.S. federal government.

The President is expected to sign the new legislation in the next few days.

Primary and Secondary

Education in all EU nations is free to citizens from all other EU nations. Finland and Germany rank highly for educational attainment.

English taught studies

Universities: A substantial number of subjects at most universities throughout the EU are being taught in English. It’s possible to study for an English-taught degree even if you choose to study in a non-English speaking country as most universities facilitate this.

Primary & Secondary Schools: Most classes will be taught in the national language although some German and Scandinavian schools have a number of English-taught classes.

If your preference is that the first language of the school is English, then England, Scotland and Ireland would clearly be your European choices. All three have free education at primary and secondary levels. Free University education for EU citizens is only available in Scotland and Ireland. In England University education comes at a high and ever increasing cost and the impact of Brexit on higher level education for EU citizens in England is, as yet, unknown.

According to Ireland’s Minister of State, Eoghan Murphy, the quality of secondary education in Ireland and Scotland is ranked higher than the EU average. University level education is also ranked higher in Scotland.

University Education: Undergraduate and Post Graduate

Studying for a free University degree in Europe offers a whole new experience far more than simply saving money. The cultural mix and different research methodologies, social sciences and language could give extra focus and breadth to your chosen degree subject.

Free post-graduate courses are offered at Universities in Finland, Norway and Denmark with Finland being rated as having the best education in the world, winning top marks in the 2014 World Economic Forum. Although by 2016 this accolade had been won by some Asian countries, Finland remains rated at No 4 worldwide.

Scandinavian countries are attracting a modest but growing number of British students according to recent information from Statistics Finland. Both undergraduate and post-graduate education is free in Scandinavia but the downside of studying there is the relatively high cost of living and the sometimes hard to navigate systems of bureaucracy in Sweden when it comes to basic necessities such as finding accommodation or setting up bank accounts etc. It could be argued that there is much to offer with the Swedish experience with some students opting to spend their money on living expenses instead of increased tuition fees, whilst receiving an education as good as in the UK, if not better.

Germany abolished tuition fees for universities in 2016 in order to encourage more high level education accessibility for all. According to a recent Times Higher Education World University Rankings the standard of University education is high with 12 German Universities having high ratings. They also offer a huge variety of around 900 English-taught degrees available in a broad range of subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Tuition Fees at Universities in Europe in 2017.

AustriaTuition is free in Austria for students from EU-EEA countries and Switzerland.

DenmarkThere are no fees for tuition at Universities in Denmark for students from EU-EEA member countries and Switzerland.

FinlandThere are no charges for tuition at public Universities at present for students of any nationality.

FranceFrance is a highly popular choice for study and has comparatively low tuition fees – EU and non-EU students at public universities are charged between EUR200 and EUR 650 per year dependent upon which level i.e. undergraduate or postgraduate and choice of subject . For instance, medical students can expect to pay an average tuition fees of around EUR 452 per year, while engineering students would expect to pay around EUR 620 per year.

GermanyIn Germany there are also top level universities with either low or zero tuition fees. Students have to pay an administration fee of between 100 and 200 EUR per semester which covers the public transport and other student services.

NorwayUniversity education in Norway is free of charge for everyone, with a fee of the equivalent of EUR 32 – 64 per semester payable at state universities. Students are given a Student Card which offers benefits such as healthcare and free transport and reductions on some cultural events and activities.

SpainTuition fees are set by the various regional governments in Spain for undergraduates. Public universities would charge around EUR680 to EUR1400 per year with a postgraduate degree costing between EUR 1350 and EUR1500 per year.

SwedenTuition is free for EU students at Sweden’s 53 universities and university colleges.

SwitzerlandFor EU-EEA members, public universities charge from around 580CHF (approximately EUR 535) each semester for undergraduate and Master’s degrees and around 216 CHF (approximately EUR200) each semester for a PHD.

Europe wants to be the bestWhatever the recent financial crises, the European Union will be investing more funds into education. In its multi-annual financial framework (2014 – 2020) the European Commission proposes 70% funds increases for training and education: 17 billion euros that will be supporting transnational learning mobility; cooperation between institutions; modernisation of education and implementation of education policies in the Member States.

IrelandEU students at undergraduate level have free tuition fees except those who have to repeat a semester/year and those students taking a second undergraduate degree. The Higher Education Authority will pay tuition fees for Irish/EU members’ first time degrees if they have been residents of the EU for a minimum of 3 years of the 5 years before entry at university level.

Which citizenship should you target?

There are a few options, but all except one have issues such as:

The need to reside for a number of years before you can become an EU citizen

There is no certainty that residency will evolve into citizenship.

If you can afford to park substantial funds for 3 years, and want certainty of obtaining EU citizenship with the flexibility of not yet needing to reside in any one country in order to enjoy the right to live, work and study anywhere in the EU until the time is right for you, then the Cyprus citizenship by Investment programme clearly is for you.

You might not yet be ready to choose which EU country to move your family to. With the Cyprus EU programme, you can obtain citizenship in 3 months without the need to live in any EU country. Moreover, Cyprus doesn’t oblige you to give up your primary citizenship.

The downside is initial cost. Although the cost can be reduced to €500,000 after 3 years, the initial investment is €2,000,000 into Cyprus property. This covers citizenship for your family: husband, wife and children up to the age of 28. The applicant’s parents can also be added for a €500,000 investment in property.

If ever you decide to surrender your Cyprus citizenship, you will be able to sell up your property assets and repatriate your funds. There is no inheritance tax in Cyprus.

The upside is the simplest and speediest application process out there and the invaluable comfort which comes with Residency Invest’s 100% success record. So certain are they of success, Residency Invest waives charging any advance processing fees.

On the 12th January 2017, USCIC released the proposed Eb-5 bill, which could potentially come into power April 28th 2017. The proposal was a huge shock, with a proposed 170% increase on the current level of investment, to $1.35 Million.

The main points of the proposal were:

After months of waiting, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) finally released the full text of the proposed EB-5 regulations (NPRM) on Jan. 12, 2017.

The key details of the proposed rule would significantly change the EB-5 regional center program:

USCIS proposes to increase the minimum investment amount for non-Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs) to $1.8 million, due at the time that the EB-5 petition is filed.

USCIS seeks to increase the investment amount for TEAs to $1.35 million, which is 75% of the standard cost of $1.8 million.

Under the NPRM, USCIS will centralize TEA determinations in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the federal level, and prohibit TEA determinations by the states. TEA determination in urban areas remains exclusively focused on whether the census tract(s) in question have a weighted average unemployment rate that is 150% of the national average unemployment rate. No information is provided in the NPRM regarding the procedures, timelines and costs for the TEA determination by the DHS.

USCIS seeks to modify the TEA system by adopting a “bullseye” approach using census tracts as its building blocks. First, if the census tract or tracts in which the new commercial enterprise is principally doing business has or have a weighted average of unemployment rate that is 150% of the national average unemployment rate, then the territory qualifies as a TEA. Second, if the ‘bullseye’ census tract(s) in which the new commercial enterprise is principally doing business PLUS ANY CENSUS TRACT OR TRACTS DIRECTLY ADJACENT to the bullseye census tract(s) has or have a weighted average of unemployment rate that is 150% of the national average unemployment rate, then the territory qualifies as a TEA. In this second option, only census tracts that are immediately adjacent the census tracts in which the new commercial enterprise is principally doing business can be counted.

One helpful new concept in the NPRM is the possibility of priority date retention. Under the NPRM, an investor’s priority date based on an EB-5 visa petition can be retained by the investor when filing a new EB-5 visa petition.

The NPRM provides that comments from the public are due by 11th April 2017.

Please get in contact with us to learn more about this proposed bill, or to put in place a strategy to apply before the potential changes.

The EB-5 Visa Program has just been extended until December 11th 2015.

Yesterday, September 30, 2015, the U.S. Congress approved a short-term law that extends the EB-5 Regional Center Program until December 11, 2015. This is great news for investors currently considering an application.

The effect of this new law is to extend the EB-5 Regional Center visa program without any changes until December 11, 2015. This is a very fortunate development for current EB-5 investors as the minimum investment amount of $500,000 remains the same until December 11, 2015.

This extension provides additional time for Congress to consider a long-term reauthorization of the Eb-5 programme that would include reform measures to strengthen federal oversight and the integrity of the program. After December 11th 2015, The U.S. Congress and the President will again need to pass a new law to continue the Eb-5 Regional Center Program. It is widely expected that the EB-5 Regional Center Program will experience some big but important changes when the new legislation is passed after December 11th.

Lawmakers will likely raise the minimum investment amount for EB-5 investors, and changes could be made to the requirements for new Regional Center investment projects. We will continue to closely monitor Eb-5 legislation activity in order to detect changes in requirements for EB-5 investors.

Since its inception, the EB-5 Regional Center program has enjoyed bipartisan support – for good reason. Since 2008, EB-5 has generated $11.92 billion in foreign direct investment. And, from 2010-2013 alone, the program contributed $9.62 billion to gross domestic product while supporting an average of 30,000 jobs per year. Over 95 percent of all EB-5 investments flow through EB-5 Regional Centers Program.

On September 30th 2015, the EB-5 immigrant investor visa will likely be increasing from $500,000 to $800,000, as the U.S. looks to refresh and update the Eb-5 programme.

On Friday last week a new proposed senate bill was released, calling for the total revamp of the current Eb-5 investor visa programme. The purpose of this post is to provide a short summary of the proposed changes. A full memo can be provided to investors at their request.

The big change is the proposed increase for investment into a TEA from the current $500,000, to $800,000. Although the proposed bill does include some positive changes:

Renewal of the EB-5 programme by 5 years

Shorter application processing times for i-526 and i-829 petitions

Provisions that if a project i-924 exemplar is filed before the deadline, all investors in that project, even if after the new legislation come into power, will be able to invest under the old rules.

Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs) will apply for two years, rather than one year.

Please get in contact today to learn more about these changes, and how they might affect your Eb-5 application.

The Tier 1 Investor Visa in the United Kingdom will see an increase in the investment threshold from £1 Million to £2 Million, from the 6th November 2014.

Changes to the Tier 1 Investor Visa

On 16th October 2014, the UK Visa service announced changes, which includes the increase of the current £1 million minimum investment level, being raised to £2 million. This change will occur on the 6th November, so new applicants after that date will be affected, applicants before that date will not be affected.

As you are aware, we are leading Investor Visa experts and can advise on the current position for Tier 1 Investor Visa applicants and intended applicants.

I am thinking of applying for this visa, but have not engaged Residency Invest, what can I do now?

Residency Invest are offering an exclusive service for those who are trying to apply for an investor visa before the changes. We are offering, for a fixed fee, to ensure that your application is considered by the UK Visa authority or your professional fee to us is returned back to you. This no win no fee, we hope reduces your risk in applying. When you contact us, we will analyse your circumstances and will devise an action plan for you which meets the 6th November 2014 deadline. If you then agree to the plan and can obtain the documents we ask for by the time we set, we will ensure the applications are done and meet the deadline or your professional fee returned.

Call our offices for more details.

I have already commenced my Investor Visa application with Residency Invest, what now?

We will be in touch, but we must complete your matter and make your application before 6thNovember 2014, if you are applying whilst you are in the country, this is the date we post your application, and if applying from outside the country, this is the date we pay for your application, usually online. Your terms and conditions remain the same.

What are the other changes that come in on 6thNovember 2014?

Applicant’s used to be able to invest 75% of their funds into active investment and keep 25% in cash or residential property. A change is being made to require the whole amount to be invested, without any provision for the 25% to be kept separately.

A point of flexibility introduced – is that the current requirement that the migrant’s investment must be “topped up” if its value drops has now gone. It has been replaced with a simple requirement that you invest the whole amount first and no need to top up if your investment goes down in value.

Loans are also now gone as an option

The Home Office, whether someone applies for the investor visa inside or outside the UK, can now refuse a person if they feel the application contains a risk that:

1) the applicant is not in control of the funds that are available for investment;

2) the investment monies were obtained in an unlawful manner, unlawful including events that are not unlawful in the country where they occurred but would be unlawful if they happened in the UK;

3) the character, conduct or associations of a party providing the funds mean that approving the application is not conducive to the public good. Ie, someone of bad character;

Whatever your situation, we can help, call our offices, or email us for more guidance.

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We do this securely through government approved and regulated residency programmes.

We specialise in the EB5 Immigrant Investor Program for USA, and the Tier 1 Entrepreneur and Investor Visa program for United Kingdom.